.Formula 1's stock rose 1.4% today to $67.87 after Deutsche Bank upgraded its rating of Formula One Group, citing Liberty Media's pending acquisition of MotoGP™🏁 and other positive financial estimates for F1.

🔲 Deutsche Bank increased $FWONA's price target from $73 a share to $83.

In Saudi Arabia, a Championship Fight Is Enjoyed with 7UP - The kingdom has taken control of boxing, and watching Tyson Fury’s bout with Oleksander Usyk, in Riyadh, was a curious experience. - The New Yorker newyorker.com/news/dispatch/…

Ford says hybrids now more profitable than gas models - Automotive News autonews.com/automakers-sup…

Roger Penske: 'Sometimes when there's blood in the water, people like to go after you, and I think that's what happened [with the push-to-pass situation]. I'm fine. I mean, we moved on. The controversy, as far as I'm concerned, was way overblown.' - The Associated Press apnews.com/article/roger-…

.Lewis Hamilton tells @FirstWeFeast he's found Americans to be aggressive drivers on the road: 'I’ve had a lot of road rage cause I often actually, when I’m just casually driving I'm not going somewhere for work or anything like that ... so more people are in a rush than I am.'

Top 10 local markets for the Indy 500 on @NBC:

1) Indianapolis - 18.15
2) Dayton - 6.57
3) Milwaukee - 6.31
4) Knoxville - 5.26
5) Louisville - 4.93
6) Cincinnati - 4.89
7) Ft. Myers-Naples - 4.86
8) Greenville-Spartanburg - 4.74
9) Columbus - 4.54
10) Tulsa - 4.46

.IWC Watches did an activation aboard a The Ritz-Carlton yacht last weekend in Monaco where it presented and sold some of its watches to guests as part of its sponsorship of Mercedes-Benz' F1 team, an example of the opulence that goes along with Formula 1's most glamorous race.

Here's the drone show that @ElfCosmetics did in Indianapolis the night before the Indy 500.

🔲 E.l.f. says that it had 12,000 people sign up for its Beauty Squad loyalty program through its Indy 500 sweepstakes and had 380,000 visits on its Roblox Indy 500 digital experience.

.@FoxTV got 3.103 million viewers for Sunday's rain-shortened NASCAR Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 Charlotte Motor Speedway.

🔲 Last year's race ran on a Monday and got 3.399 million, while the 2022 event ran on time and got 3.869 million.

'Instead of hot rods screaming as fast as 300 mph down Bandimere‘s quarter-mile concrete strip [near Denver], the land is on track to become 'a cutting-edge online Vehicle Auction Center.'' - @DenverPost denverpost.com/2024/05/25/ban…

NASCAR team Stewart-Haas Racing to shut down after 2024 sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2024/…

🚨Stewart-Haas Racing, a former powerhouse of NASCAR auto racing, will shut down after this season, according to an official statement being released this afternoon.

🗨: 'We’ve reached a point in our respective personal and business lives where it’s time to pass the torch.'

'Ben Sulayem did not say which teams he was referring to, but the obvious candidates for a sale [to Andretti] are Alpine and Haas. However, senior F1 sources say that Alpine owners Renault and US industrialist Gene Haas are not interested in selling.' BBC bbc.com/sport/formula1…

'Toyota Motor showcased next-generation engines on Tuesday that can be used in cars as varied as hybrids and those running on biofuel, as it targets tougher emissions standards and doubles down on its strategy of selling more than just EVs.' - Reuters reuters.com/business/autos…

.@NBC + @Peacock got 5.344 million viewers for yesterday's Indy 500, up 8% from 4.93 million last year, per preliminary info from the network.

.@JosefNewgarden won $4.288 million from yesterday's Indy 500, up from $3.666 million last year, as part of another new high for the race's total purse, which came in at $18.456 million, per NTT INDYCAR SERIES.

.Kyle Larson is leading #Indy500 driver merchandise sales this year, per NTT INDYCAR SERIES.

🔲 Online merch sales around his #Hendrick1100 bid have also exceeded those of Hendrick Motorsports's Garage 56 entry.

'Under the proposed terms of the charter agreement teams are negotiating with NASCAR, there is a provision included that would limit teams to owning three charters. ... (Joe Gibbs Racing and Hendrick Motorsports would be grandfathered in).' - The Athletic nytimes.com/athletic/55140…

Here's what @ElfCosmetics' activation area will look like this weekend Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

🔲 Elf to also promote the #Indy500 on Roblox, Snapchat and Twitch, and it's doing a $50,000 sweepstakes where it will give away $100 eGift cards to 500 entrants who are part of its loyalty program.

.NTT INDYCAR SERIES is helping Hy-Vee establish awareness in Indiana as it expands there: 'One of the lucky extras that has come from IndyCar is this national brand awareness. Especially in Indianapolis you have brand awareness because we're going there eventually.' desmoinesregister.com/story/money/bu…